Simone Barron

Service Industry Professional. Tipping Advocate. PRO Worker Freedoms. Content Writer. #TipsAreWages

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

Ever wonder why Seattle's minimum wage never goes down? Thanks to @CityJournal for publishing my article on the thrilling topic of wage escalators.
https://t.co/Mwi21emSrK

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

From my op-ed today in @NJMonitor:

"The ABC test rule ... is still so onerous that on October 15, the Senate Judiciary Committee spent nearly two hours asking acting Labor Commissioner Kevin Jarvis how anyone can actually pass the test."

https://t.co/8QqRc7xKV6

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@haliwriteswords Mandated minimum wages increase the cost of living.

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@stevemgordon67 @BrandiKruse Brandi just got caught up.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@komonews Color revolution continues..

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@choeshow Glad Brandi is getting to the corruption.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@News4SA And who is going to pay for that?

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@jwhittenbergK5 I cant believe she actually met my expectations of her performance by a mile. It was such a low bar.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@MayorofSeattle So you dont support your constituents who voted for this.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@explodingpiano @MayorofSeattle One in 10 is more like it. But go ahead and ignore the pain and suffering...gross.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@Ramos4Texas Here's whats happening to the service industry in Seattle because of mandated wage hikes....you want this?

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@DickChilinsky @Streetsdisple @foxnewspolitics

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@GilRGlover @jmontforttx

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@EricLDaugh @grok who voted to keep Thune?

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@DickChilinsky @Streetsdisple @foxnewspolitics How much would a closed market cost in $$$$ and lives?

[Joe Wallin @joewallin]

How Washington's 2028 income tax interacts with the capital gains tax, and why it creates a big cliff.

How the statute works:
1. Long-term capital gains come out of the income tax base. RCW 82A.04.210(1).
2. But if you owe any capital gains tax, you add back the gains that tax reaches PLUS the capital gains standard deduction. RCW 82A.04.210(3).
3. The capital gains tax you pay is a credit against the income tax. It is nonrefundable, capped at the income tax, and has no carryover. RCW 82A.04.130.

The result: you pay the larger of the two taxes, not both. $1M of wages plus a $1M gain comes to $99,000 total.

Now the cliff. The add-back is all or nothing. It switches on only when you owe some capital gains tax, and when it does, the entire standard deduction (about $278,000 at 2025 levels) comes back into the income tax base at once.

Take someone with $1M of wages:
- $278,000 gain: no capital gains tax, no add-back, $0 tax on the gain.
- $278,001 gain: 7 cents of capital gains tax. That switches on the add-back of the full $278,001, and the income tax jumps about $27,522.

One more dollar of gain, about $27,500 more tax.

Run your own numbers: https://t.co/va5ol9MU1N

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

More lying from the public sector syndicate.

[SEIU @SEIU]

When self-interested politicians know deep down the minimum wage is too low and pretend they jumped on the Fight For $15 bandwagon…

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@SEIU Shes speaking to the median wage. Which has zero to do with your mandated wage sabotage. The median minimum wage in the US is north of $20 an hour.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

"A good Turk always walks to the right".....
https://t.co/QtDdOgh5NC

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

@GerryLond Out of 50. Its in the middle.

[Simone Barron @ServiceSimone]

This is the most blatant falsehood. Name one Democrat controlled place in the US that is affordable.

[House Democrats @HouseDemocrats]

House Democrats will deliver a more affordable America.